JPS6334502B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a sales data entry system for gas service stations in which a schedule for a predetermined period, for example, a daily schedule, is entered and operations are automatically performed according to the schedule. Regarding output devices (hereinafter referred to as POS).

Modern fueling stations consist of multiple fueling machines and POS connected to them. 1st A
1B are schematic configuration diagrams of a POS of the present invention installed at a gas station. In the figure, 1 and 2 are the first
and a second refueling machine, 4 is a POS. The fueling machines 1 and 2 and the POS 4 are connected by a signal line 3. There are often many refueling machines installed, not just two, but they are omitted here.

The above refueling machine has the following configuration and function. Furthermore, since refueling machines 1 and 2 have the same structure,
The explanation will be given by taking the first refueling machine as an example.

When nozzle 1h is removed from nozzle hook 1g,
A signal indicating that the nozzle has been removed is output from the nozzle switch 1i. As a result, the motor 1a
starts rotating. Then, when the nozzle is inserted into the fuel filler port of the automobile and the nozzle valve is opened, the gasoline stored in the underground tank is pumped up by the pump 1b. The pumped gasoline passes through a flow meter 1c and a hose 1f, and is supplied to the car from a nozzle 1h.

The flow meter 1c transmits a pulse number corresponding to the amount of gasoline supplied from the pulse transmitter 1d.
The pulses output from the pulse transmitter 1d are input to the oil supply amount display meter 1e, and the oil supply amount is displayed.

When refueling is completed and the nozzle 1h is hooked to the nozzle hook 1g, a signal indicating that the nozzle is hooked is output from the nozzle switch 1i, the motor 1a is stopped, and the refueling operation is completed.

POS4 has card reader 4a and keyboard 4
Function key switch 4b, numeric key switch 4c, book key switch 4d on f,
Floppy or cassette mounting section 4e, printer 4
g, sound generator 4i and CRT4h for data display
It has input/output means such as The amount of refueling from the refueling machines 1 and 2 is converted into a flow rate pulse by the pulse transmitter 1d of the flowmeter 1e, and is transmitted through the signal line 3 to P.
Sent to O.S4.

Each time one refueling is completed, a refueling slip is issued from the POS printer 4g, and the sales data is stored in the floppy disk or cassette 4e.

Products other than oil sold from fueling machines 1 and 2, such as tires, batteries, accessories, etc., are sold at POS.
When the input data is input using the keys on the keyboard 4f, the input data is displayed on the CRT 4h, and a slip is issued from the printer 4g in the same way as the refueling data, and is stored in the floppy disk or cassette 4e.

Conventional POS systems such as those described above can process sales data of products purchased by customers, but do not have any other functions.

Generally, at gas stations, there is a request for information on what percentage of the target amount the daily sales were or whether or not the target amount was exceeded. Furthermore, when the unit price of gasoline is changed at a predetermined time of the day, there is a demand for automatic switching of the unit price of gasoline. Furthermore, there are also requests for tasks that have fixed times to be automatically notified when the time arrives.

However, as mentioned above, conventional POS systems have the drawback of not being able to meet these demands.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art described above and to provide a sales data input/output device for a gas station that can be used as a daily work schedule for gas station employees.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the block diagram shown in FIG.

In the figure, 1 is the same as the first refueling machine 1 in FIG. In the refueling machine 1, 1j indicates a counting circuit, and other symbols are the same as those in the refueling machine shown in FIG.

The block diagrams other than the refueling machine 1 show the configuration of the POS 4. A flow rate pulse signal from the pulse transmitter 1d corresponding to the amount of fuel supplied to the fueling machine 1 is input to a counting circuit 11 and a gate circuit 12. The counting circuit 11 outputs the counting result, that is, the amount of refueling, to the calculation circuit 13 in response to a signal output from the nozzle switch 1i when the nozzle 1h of the refueling machine 1 is applied to the nozzle hook 1g after refueling is finished.

The unit price of gasoline is stored in the unit price storage circuits 15a, 15b, and 15c. This is used when trying to average out the number of customers by changing the unit price of gasoline between times of the day when there are many customers and times when there are not many customers. For example, from opening (7 a.m.) to 10 a.m., unit price A (for example,
165 yen/), and since I have relatively free time from 10:00 to 16:00, I sell it at a discount unit price B (for example, 160 yen/), and from 16:00 to 16:00.
It is used when selling at unit price A until 8:00 pm and at night premium unit price C (for example, 170 yen/) from 8:00 pm until closing (22:00). In such a case, A is stored in the unit price storage circuit 15a, B is stored in 15b, and C is stored in 15c.

When the above-mentioned unit price switching time comes, the switching circuit 14 receives a command from a schedule storage circuit 26, which will be described later, and switches the unit price. In the arithmetic circuit 13,
The data representing the amount of refueling sent from the counting circuit 11 described above is multiplied by the unit price passed through the switching circuit 14. The results are stored in a cassette or floppy disk 4e and sent to a printer 4g. The data representing the amount of oil supplied to the counting circuit 11 is also
The information is stored in a cassette or floppy disk 4e, sent to a printer 4g, and a refueling slip is printed out. In addition, when the unit price changes, the new unit price is CRT4
The sound generator 4i operates at the same time as the message is displayed on h.
Call the attention of employees, etc.

In the illustrated embodiment, there is only one refueling machine, but when the total amount of refueling from a plurality of refueling machines is to be integrated by the integrating circuit 18, it is connected to the integrating circuit 18 via the gate circuit 12. The gate circuit 12 functions to prevent signals from the pulse transmitters of the respective fueling machines from passing through at the same time when a plurality of fueling machines are operating simultaneously. The signal passing through the gate circuit 12 is integrated by an integration circuit 18. Since the gate circuit 12 functions as described above, no matter how many refueling machines are operating at the same time, the total amount of refueling is definitely integrated. This integration circuit 18 is reset by a key operation from the keyboard 4f, for example, once when the store opens on a day.

The sales target storage circuit 19 stores daily sales targets for gasoline or products other than gasoline, such as tires, batteries, accessories, etc. (hereinafter referred to as
(abbreviated as T・B・A).
In this example, gasoline sales targets are stored in terms of gasoline quantities, and TBA sales targets are stored in full amounts. Note that these data are input from the keyboard 4f.

A percentage calculation circuit 21 determines what percentage of the target gasoline and TBA sales have reached. Regarding gasoline, it is calculated from the data from the integration circuit 18 and the sales target amount of gasoline input into the sales target storage circuit 19. On the other hand, regarding TBA, the unit price and number are inputted from the keyboard 4f every time TBA is sold. Then, the sales amount for each sale is calculated by the arithmetic circuit 22, and the sales amount is calculated by the storage circuit 22.
3 stores the total sales of TBA since its opening.
Therefore, the percentage of TBA's sales relative to the target value is T.
BA's total sales and sales target memory circuit 19
It is calculated by the percentage calculation circuit 21 from the sales target amount of TBA. These results are displayed on CRT4h. At the same time, a sound is emitted from the sound generator 4i in order to draw the attention of employees and the like.

A switching circuit 14 performs switching of the gasoline unit price described above.
A schedule such as when to perform the sales target achievement rate or when to output the sales target achievement rate from the % calculation circuit 21 is inputted into the first schedule storage circuit 26 using the keyboard 4f. On the other hand, the employee's daily schedule is input into the second schedule storage circuit 27 from the keyboard 4f. For example, if a customer requests 6-month maintenance or a car wash, what time (for example, 11 a.m.)
, the data that the user is going to pick up a car from ○○'s house is input. Also, when an order for kerosene is received,
For example, data is entered to deliver 200 kerosene to ○○'s house at 1 pm.

first and second schedule storage circuits 26,
Since the above-mentioned data is input to 27, the former uses a memory circuit that retains the data even after it is read out. On the other hand, for the latter, it is preferable to use a memory circuit in which data is erased once it is read.

the first and second schedule storage circuits 26;
The data regarding the time outputted from and 27 is inputted from the timer 28. For example, as described above, the first schedule memory circuit 26 stores the unit price of gasoline as A from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., the unit price of gasoline as B from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the unit price of gasoline from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. If a schedule is stored in which the unit price is A and the unit price is C from 20:00 to 22:00, the time output from the timer 28 is stored in the first schedule memory circuit 2.
6, a command for the job at this time is sent to the switching circuit 14. For example, 10 o'clock stored in the first schedule storage circuit 26 and 10 o'clock sent from the timer 28
When the time is right, the unit price storage circuit 15a is transferred from the first schedule storage circuit 26 to the switching circuit 14.
A signal indicating switching from 15b to 15b is output.
Switching of unit prices at other times is performed in the same manner.

Also, from the % calculation circuit 21, gasoline or
When outputting TBA's sales target achievement rate, the same process as above is performed. For example, if you want to output the sales target achievement rate at 12:00, 17:00, and 21:00, the times 12:00, 17:00, and 21:00 stored in the memory circuit 26 and the timer 28 are used as the first schedule. When the sent times of 12:00, 17:00 and 21:00 match, the first schedule memory circuit 26
A command is issued to the % calculation circuit 21 from .

Similarly to the first schedule memory circuit 26, the second schedule memory circuit 27 also receives input from the timer 28 and displays the job contents corresponding to that time at a predetermined time set in the schedule.
Have CTR4h do it. At this time, the sound generator 4i sounds to call attention.

In this embodiment, the amount of refueling, its price, and the sales amount of TBA are stored in the cassette or floppy disk 4e, and these data are stored in the printer 4g.
It is printed out as a slip. On the other hand, CRT4h
Displayed are the sales target achievement rate for gasoline or TBA, data regarding TBA sales, data regarding gasoline unit price switching, and information regarding employee schedules output from the second schedule storage circuit 27. The sound generator 4i generates sounds simultaneously with these displays.

As described above, according to the sales data input/output device for gas service stations of the present invention, the daily work schedule of gas station employees can be displayed on the display at the time according to the daily schedule, and when this display is performed, Since it is possible to call attention with voice, it has the effect of being able to complete the day's work without fail.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1A is a schematic configuration diagram of a gas station equipped with the POS of the present invention, Fig. 1B is an external perspective view of the POS, and Fig. 2
The figure shows a block diagram of one embodiment. 1...Refueling machine, 11...Counting circuit, 12...Gate circuit, 13, 22...Arithmetic circuit, 14...Switching circuit, 15a, 15b, 15c...Unit price storage circuit, 4e...Cassette or floppy disk, 4g...
Printer, 18... Integration circuit, 19... Sales target memory circuit, 4f... Keyboard, 21...% calculation circuit, 23... Memory circuit, 4h... CRT, 4i
...Sound generator, 26...First schedule memory circuit, 27...Second schedule memory circuit, 28
...Timer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for processing refueling data sent from a refueling machine and sales data input from a keyboard, means for storing the processed data, means for printing the data, and means for printing the data. A gas station sales data input/output device comprising at least display means, a schedule storage means for storing the time and work contents of a gas station worker's schedule entered from the keyboard, and a timer for notifying the schedule storage means of the time. A sales data input/output device for a gas service station, comprising: means for reading out the schedule using the timer means and displaying the schedule; and sounding means that operates simultaneously when displaying the schedule. 2. The means for executing the command read from the schedule storage means includes a plurality of unit price storage circuits,
The sales data input/output device for a gas service station according to claim 1, further comprising a switching circuit for selecting the unit price storage circuit. 3. The means for executing the command read from the schedule storage means includes an integration circuit for integrating oil supply amount and data other than the oil supply amount, a sales target storage circuit, and a percentage calculation circuit, and calculates the sales target achievement rate. 2. A sales data input/output device for a gas service station according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sales data input/output device is configured to calculate . 4. The sales data input/output device for a gas service station as set forth in claim 1, wherein the schedule storage means stores daily routines of employees and the like. 5. Sales data for gas service stations according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the information read from the schedule storage means is displayed on the data display means. Input/output device. 6. The sales data input/output device for a gas service station according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a sounding means is activated at the same time as the data is displayed on the display means.